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Topdanmark

Topdanmark. Half-Yearly Results 2000. Main events. In spite of DKK 400m reserve strengthening the result for the first half of 2000 was a DKK 312m profit (1999 half-year: DKK 354m)

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Topdanmark

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  1. Topdanmark Half-Yearly Results 2000

  2. Main events • In spite of DKK 400m reserve strengthening the result for the first half of 2000 was a DKK 312m profit (1999 half-year: DKK 354m) • After adjusting for hurricane claims / Eureko gain the post-tax profit rose 42% to DKK 504m (1999 half-year: DKK 354m) • The technical result increased 115% to DKK 404m • The profit forecast of DKK 550-600m for 2000 remains unchanged

  3. Trend in results

  4. Trend in results DKKm 34% 85%

  5. Strengthened reserves • Estimated hurricane claims on a national scale of DKK 12-15bn against DKK 8bn in the 1999 accounts • Six times greater than the claims suffered on the previous worst storm on Danish records • Topdanmark increased reserves by DKK 400m in the first half of 2000 • Reserves strengthening due to • Revaluation of individual claims • Increase in damage restoration costs • More claims

  6. Life assurance • 16.2% improvement in regular premiums • 1.5% decrease in single premiums • 9.2% overall improvement in premiums in the first half of 2000 % % 1) 1) Affected by certain agreements recognised as income sooner than in previous years

  7. Life assurance Prospects • Separation of risk and savings parts • Savings part • Unit-linked policies • Focus on risk part • Change in profit limitation • Sub-supplier to external savings units • Establishment of Nykredit Livsforsikring • Provision of services via the Internet

  8. Can money be made on non-life insurance? Assumptions • Shareholders’ funds 50% of premium income • Combined ratio 95% • Technical interest rate 3% • Return on shareholders’ funds 7% Return on operations • Income 100 • Technical interest 3 103 • Expenditure 95 8 ~ ROE = 16% Return on shareholders’ funds 7% ROE before taxation 23%

  9. Market shares and premium growth - non-life insurance * 1999 market shares estimated on the basis of a general growth of 4.5% ** Growth in premium income excl. acquisitions *** Incl. acquired companies the market share was about 18.5% **** Estimated on the basis of a statement in the accounts. The accounts do not disclose sufficient information for calculating growth in premium income

  10. Combined ratio for Topdanmark

  11. Comparison of insurance groups’ ratios (excl. hurricane)

  12. Comparison of insurance groups’ ratios (incl. hurricane)

  13. Non-life insurance Prospects • Increase in premium rates for certain sectors • Focus on critical illness / health insurance • Services and sales via the Internet • Listing of if… on the stock exchange? • Increase in reinsurance expenses

  14. Reinsurance • Reinsurance ceiling on storms increased from DKK 800m to DKK 3bn • Additionally just over DKK 300m relating to Danske forsikring • Causing DKK 47m of additional expenditure in 2000 • Causing additional expenditure when the basic cover of DKK 800m is to be renegotiated in August 2001 • Increase in premium rates matching the increase in reinsurance expenses

  15. In the long term e-commerce will change insurance business models. E-commerce to ensure that Topdanmark utilises the potential of the new economy - The winners will be those organisations which manage to optimise the operations of the traditional business and are capable of making a controlled transition to e-business - Number of companies e-business volume Transition strategies Traditional business model E-business models .dead 5-10 years time

  16. Financial strategy Distribution strategy Product strategy HR strategy E-commerce strategy The e-commerce strategy is part of Topdanmark’s overall goals and strategies Topdanmark’s objectives and goals • Goals: • to improve its position in the Danish insurance market • to ensure that its expense ratio is lower than the general market level • to ensure that its premium growth is higher than that of the market • to ensure that the Topdanmark share reflects insurance risk rather than investment risk • to ensure that Topdanmark is a both attractive and liquid share • to be able to attract and keep qualified employees • Objectives: • to carry out nation-wide, Danish life and non-life insurance and pension fund business • to be attractive to customers by being an independent and pre-eminent insurance group • to ensure that its shareholders achieve a long-term, competitive, stable return Development strategy • Organic growth, but also including close co-operation with alliance partners and acquisitions, should the opportunity arise • Insurance risk rather than investment risk • Multi-string • Life and non-life insurance and pension fund products • To be a dynamic company encouraging personal and career development

  17. Objectives, goals and strategies for e-commerce in Topdanmark It is Topdanmark’s e-commerce goals to: It is Topdanmark’s e-commerce strategy to: It is Topdanmark’s e-commerce objective to: • support Topdanmark’s business sectors, including alliance partners, with e-commerce solutions • improve the quality of customer contact via e-commerce • develop e-commerce solutions contributing to continuously optimising its use of resources and improving its volume of business • ensure that e-commerce supports a multi-string distribution strategy • primarily use e-commerce for keeping and increasing Topdanmark’s competitive advantages, including: • enhanced market position • progressively lower expense ratio • improved customer loyalty among profitable customers • optimising of loss ratio • offer customers the opportunity to buy and serve themselves via the Internet, including: • buying selected existing products • self service including claims handling • perhaps new product concept targeted at the Internet • support prospect generating activities among both existing and new customers • provide sales and services to large commercial customers via specially designed solutions • provide sales and services through indirect sales channels via specially designed solutions • cooperate with established portals rather than self develop • develop e-commerce solutions for re-use across customer segments and distributions channels

  18. In its first stage e-commerces focuses on • Self-servicing of both B2C and B2B segments • Integration of e-commerce into existing processors • Increased focus on additional sales via the Internet • Initially the sale of existing products • Discussion about separate product concept • Portal cooperation preferred rather than self developing

  19. Share buy-back programme • Share buy-back programme for 2000: • DKK 200-350m • To date this year Topdanmark has bought back shares for DKK 162m • Remaining share buy-back programme: • DKK 38-188m • The share buy-back programme will be resumed after the publishing of the 2000 half-yearly results

  20. Profit forecast for 2000

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